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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--WHITE Respondents Only

Has a partner or ex-partner ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things? By partner, I mean your current or ex-(husband/wife) or (boyfriend/girlfriend).*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes, past 12 months Yes, 12+ months ago No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,903 14 0.2 0.1- 0.5 177 2.6 2.1- 3.2 4,712 97.2 96.5-97.7
GENDER
Male 1,899 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.7 1,888 99.6 99.1-99.8
Female 3,004 12 0.3 0.1- 0.8 168 4.8 3.9- 6.0 2,824 94.9 93.7-95.8
AGE
18-24 315 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 7 1.8 0.7- 4.6 307 98.2 95.4-99.3
25-34 772 7 0.8 0.3- 2.2 27 2.0 1.2- 3.4 738 97.2 95.5-98.2
35-44 920 5 0.3 0.1- 1.3 47 3.6 2.4- 5.4 868 96.1 94.2-97.4
45-54 977 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 40 3.0 1.9- 4.7 936 97.0 95.3-98.1
55-64 745 0 0.0 . - . 34 3.2 1.9- 5.3 711 96.8 94.7-98.1
65-74 652 0 0.0 . - . 15 2.1 1.1- 3.9 637 97.9 96.1-98.9
75+ 491 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.3 0.5- 3.1 484 98.7 96.9-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 633 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 23 2.1 1.2- 3.8 607 97.7 96.0-98.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,430 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 63 2.9 2.0- 4.2 1,366 97.1 95.8-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,140 6 0.6 0.2- 1.8 49 3.3 2.2- 4.9 1,085 96.1 94.3-97.4
College Graduate 1,691 4 0.2 0.1- 0.5 42 1.9 1.2- 2.9 1,645 98.0 97.0-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 421 4 1.4 0.3- 5.1 32 4.9 2.8- 8.4 385 93.8 89.7-96.3
$15,000- 24,999 676 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 37 3.9 2.3- 6.4 637 96.0 93.6-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 568 0 0.0 . - . 22 3.3 1.8- 5.9 546 96.7 94.1-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 707 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 22 2.6 1.5- 4.6 684 97.0 94.9-98.3
$50,000-74,999 635 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 21 1.9 1.0- 3.5 612 98.0 96.4-98.9
$75,000+ 756 3 0.2 0.0- 0.8 17 1.2 0.7- 2.3 736 98.6 97.5-99.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 351 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 9 1.4 0.6- 2.9 341 98.4 96.8-99.2
Forsyth 336 0 0.0 . - . 14 3.1 1.7- 5.4 322 96.9 94.6-98.3
Guilford 270 0 0.0 . - . 9 2.5 1.3- 4.9 261 97.5 95.1-98.7
Henderson/Transylvania 416 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 20 4.0 2.5- 6.5 395 95.7 93.2-97.3
Mecklenburg 261 0 0.0 . - . 15 4.9 2.7- 8.5 246 95.1 91.5-97.3
Orange 343 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 11 1.9 1.0- 3.7 330 97.5 95.3-98.7
Pitt 283 0 0.0 . - . 10 2.5 1.2- 4.9 273 97.5 95.1-98.8
Randolph 374 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6 16 3.0 1.7- 5.2 355 96.5 94.2-97.9
Robeson 168 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.0 0.7- 5.7 164 98.0 94.3-99.3
Wake 301 0 0.0 . - . 9 2.4 1.0- 5.6 292 97.6 94.4-99.0
Western NC 585 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 23 2.6 1.7- 4.0 560 97.3 95.8-98.2
Piedmont NC 690 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 16 2.0 1.2- 3.5 671 97.5 96.0-98.5
Eastern NC 525 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 21 2.8 1.7- 4.5 502 97.0 95.3-98.1

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*If YES, the responded was asked 'Has this happened to you in the past 12 months?'

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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